Belle Maison (4ch et 2 SdB) avec piscine privée, proche commerces proximités

😊: The house was just what we needed for a family of 8 and our cockapoo. The downstairs bedroom has a king sized bed and air conditioning with a bathroom (walk-in shower) and separate toilet which was perfect for my elderly parents. Upstairs was via quite a steep set of stairs with three more double bedrooms and another bathroom (walk-in shower) and separate toilet. Two bedrooms had air conditioning units and if we left at least one bedroom door open it cooled the other bedroom enough to make it comfortable, although there were stand alone fans. Also downstairs was the living room with dining area and another air conditioning unit - which was perfect to cool this space. A separate kitchen and utility room had everything we needed including dishwasher, washing machine, larger fridge freezer and another separate large fridge and large freezer in the garage - which was perfect to use as a drinks fridge. Outside there was an enclosed space for our dog to roam freely, with terrace and swimming pool. The pool was fresh water and excellent, there is a slight issue with the filtering system and the pool needed daily upkeep which I became an expert in pool maintenance after three weeks. With that said Nicolas (the pool man) came weekly and was always available to pop around when ever the filter needed cleaning more frequently than weekly (which it did with 8 of us). La Farlede is a small town with a few places to eat and drink, as well as take always. There were also two large supermarkets (Lidl and Intermarche) to buy groceries. We drove down and used Le Shuttle which was broken up both ways with stops 3/4 of the way between the North and South of France - which in future I probably wouldn’t bother doing…. Although it is a long way! Our parents flew into Marseille and Nice airport, although Marseille Airport was slightly easier in my opinion to get to and from… however it is 1hr 20mins each way. Overall, we had an excellent time and would happily stay again.. 😢: In terms of the accommodation and facilities there was nothing that we didn’t like, although there were only two sun loungers - another two would have just been perfect (we did buy an extra one and left it). I guess it just depends if you want to laze by the pool all day or go out and about! ——— In terms of our holiday overall… My car broke down about 20 miles from the accommodation, thankfully the recovery people were able to drop us off as we were close for a small fee. However, repairs were roughly 2 - 2.5 times more expensive as in the UK… if driving take out the premium policies which gives you €1500 of repair included…. Lesson learnt this time! Mosquitoes were biting us good style… thankfully one of our parents brought 6 tubes of anthisan… other friends recommended antihistamine tablets that you take a week before that minimise the effects of the bites… some of us had small dots… one of my daughters had huge rings where she was bitten (!!??!)… next time we will explore this option..